"I should focus on managing lack rather than expecting abundance at this stage of life."
How it sounds in your head: Be realistic. You're in your seventies with limited resources. The wise thing is to manage what you have, stretch every dollar, and lower expectations. Dreaming about abundance is foolish at your age—focus on making the little you have last as long as possible.
"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."
-- Ephesians 3:20Source: world's scarcity management + religion's poverty-as-wisdom + financial guru 'acceptance of reality' teaching.
Every retirement advisor focuses on 'making it last' and withdrawal rates, creating a mentality that the game is about managing decline rather than experiencing increase.
She was down to her LAST MEAL—one handful of flour, a little oil—planning to eat it with her son and then die of starvation during the famine. Elijah didn't help her 'manage lack wisely'; he called for a seed, and God supernaturally MULTIPLIED provision so the flour and oil NEVER RAN OUT for years, turning certain death into daily abundance.
I REFUSE the lie that I should manage lack instead of expecting abundance. IT IS WRITTEN that God does EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY above all I ask or think—that's not survival language; that's OVERFLOW language. The widow gave her last meal and never ran out again for YEARS. I don't serve a God of scarcity management; I serve Jehovah Jireh, my Provider. IT IS WRITTEN in Psalm 23:1 - The Lord is my shepherd, I shall NOT WANT. The BARAK blessing is PLENTY, not barely-enough. I am expecting and receiving ABUNDANCE because I'm a covenant son.
Your Father isn't looking at your bank account saying 'Let's help him stretch that.' He's saying 'Let's show him what EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY looks like in his seventies—overflow that makes budgeting lack look ridiculous.' He's your Provider, not your accountant.